Personal Information

Fields of Interest and Expertise

Colloidal Systems.

Emulsions and food emulsions.

Mathematical models of membrane potential via dielectric spectroscopy.

Nanosystems for drug delivery.

Theoretical and Experimental aspects of self-combustion cereals.

Thermodynamics and kinetics of complex systems.

Environmental Science.

Teaching

Chimica Fisica (LT Scienze Biologiche, Univ. Molise)

Curriculum Vitae

Jan 1986: Degree in Industrial Chemistry, at the University Federico II of Naples (110 cum laude /110). Thesis title: "Diffusion in Ternary systems containing a poly-salt".

Feb-May 1986: fellowship on "Fluid-dynamics models of gravitational nstabilities".

1986-1988: ENICHEM fellowship on “Physical Chemistry characterization of asymmetric membrane”.

Nov 1988: Researcher of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of University.

June 1998:Short-term Visiting - Physical Chemistry I-Univ. Lund-Sweden.

Sept 1999: Short-term Visiting Scientist - Physical Chemistry I-Univ. Lund-Sweden.

March 2000: Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Molise.

July 2005: Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, Science Faculty, University of Molise.

1988-2012: Studies and research activity at Dept. STAAM.

• Campobasso

• Ocular tissues and fluids oxidative stress in hares fed on verbascoside supplement. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition (2014)
• Thermal analysis of milling products and its implications in self-ignition. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2014)
• The role of microemulsions in lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis reactions. Biotechnology Progress (2014)
• Effects of Verbascoside-Based Diet on Blood and Plasma Constituents of Rabbits. Journal of the American College of Nutrition (2013)
• A phenomenological interpretation of two-step adsorption kinetics of humic acids on zeolitic tuff. Adsorption Science and Technology (2013)
• Electrical polarizability of differently shaped dielectric objects in the presence of localized interfacial charge distribution: A unifying scenario. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2013)
• Impact of antioxidants dispersions on the stability and oxidation of water-in-olive-oil emulsions. European Food Research and Technology (2013)
• Effect of membrane composition on lipid oxidation in liposomes. CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS (2011)
• Pollutants adsorption from aqueous solutions: the role of the mean lifetime. Chemical Engineering Science (2011)
• Lipid Oxidation in Water-in-Olive Oil Emulsions Initiated by a Lipophilic Radical Source. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B (2010)
• Ordering fluctuations in a shear-banding wormlike micellar system. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS (2010)
• The Dielectric Behavior of Nonspherical Biological Cell Suspensions: An Analytic Approach. Biophysical Journal (2010)
• Effects of sulfate ions and slightly acidic pH conditions on Cr(VI) adsorption onto silica gelatin composite. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2010)
• Complementary amphiphilic ribonucleotides confined into nanostructured environments. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS (2010)
• Numerical simulation of dielectric spectra of aqueous suspensions of non-spheroidal differently shaped biological cells. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2009)
• Biocompatible water-in-oil emulsion as a model to study ascorbic acid effect on lipid oxidation. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B (2008)
• Quenching and Dequenching of Pyrene Fluorescence by Nucleotide Monophosphates in Cationic Micelles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2008)
• Antioxidant dispersions in emulsified olive oils. FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL (2008)
• Impact of edible surfactants on the oxidation of olive oil in water-in-oil emulsions. FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS (2007)
• Novel Surfactant-Based Adsorbent Material for Groundwater Remediation. Environmental Science & Technology (2007)
• Oxidation of water emulsified olive oils. FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS (2006)
• Anomalous surfactant diffusion in a living polymer system. PHYSICAL REVIEW E (2006)
• Generalized Ehrenfest's approach to phase transitions in multicomponent systems in the presence of an electromagnetic field. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (2005)
• Size polydispersity determination in emulsion systems by free diffusion measurements via PFG-NMR. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B (2004)
• Role of the cosurfactant in water-in-oil microemulsion: interfacial properties tune the enzymatic activity of lipase. COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS (2004)
• Gelatin Microemulsion-Based Gels with the Cationic Surfactant Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide:  A Self-Diffusion and Conductivity Stu. Langmuir (2004)
• Enzymatic activity of lipase entrapped in CTAB/water/pentanol/hexane reverse micelles: a functional and microstructural investigation. (2004)
• The role of water in the oxidation process of extra virgin olive oils. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN OIL CHEMISTS SOCIETY (2002)
• Molecular diffusion in a living network. LANGMUIR (2001)
• A new strategy for evaluating the self-diffusion coefficient in restricted diffusion: Case of polydisperse emulsions with small mean radii. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B (2000)
• Emulsions: A time-saving evaluation of the droplets' polydispersity and of the dispersed phase self-diffusion coefficient. LANGMUIR (1999)
• Size distribution in emulsions. (1999)